RVA Spring Break Events

Are the kids out of school for Spring Break and looking for something to do? How do you plan to keep them busy? We’ve found lots of FREE and low cost events in the Richmond area at museums, nature centers, attractions, spring break camps and more.

Many Richmond area museums, like the Children’s Museum participate in Museums for All, where guests receiving food assistance receive reduced admission.

⭐️CHECK OUT THESE RICHMOND AREA ATTRACTIONS & EVENTS CALENDAR OVER SPRING BREAK ⭐️

Let us know of other events or ideas to add by emailing news@rvaonthecheap.com.

⭐️ Enjoy this listing as it is being continuously updated ⭐️ 

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⭐️ OFF The WALL, Indoor Bounce & Party Place, Open Everyday during Spring Break from noon to 7pm. $12 per child (10 & under only) 1 adult included with each child. everyone needs socks.

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Keep Checking Back for this Growing List of  Spring Break Camps

•Art Factory Spring Break Camp – 

at the Art Factory play cafe & party place. Spend your day off from school at the Art Factory! Our art camps are perfect for kids ages 6-13 years old. Each day we will be creating all different types of arts and crafts including a Creative Canvas class! 

•Visual Arts Center of Richmond

Spring Break ArtVenture, is a one-week art camp timed to coincide with the public school holiday. Spring Break ArtVenture offers morning, afternoon and full-day options.

• Morning classes run from 9 a.m. to noon
• Afternoon classes run from 1 to 4 p.m.
• Need a full-day solution? Enroll your child in a morning and afternoon class!

Victoria’s Kitchen Spring Break Camp

⭐️CHECK OUT THESE RICHMOND AREA ATTRACTIONS & EVENTS CALENDAR OVER SPRING BREAK ⭐️

A Million Blooms at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden on April 1 – June 1. The Garden’s celebration of spring is a parade of blooms as the weather warms: daffodils, tulips, peonies, roses and many more. Events throughout the season include M&T Bank Pollinator Power featuring Butterflies LIVE!

Photo credit: Science Museum of Virginia. Hours: 9:30am-5pm

⭐️ Get ready for a day of play at the Children’s Museum of Richmond  REVIEW: Play is Fundamental at the Children’s Museum of Virginia

The carousel at the Children’s Museum of Richmond is located at 2626 W Broad St Richmond, VA 23220 and is open Wednesdays through Sundays from 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM. One-of-a-kind experiences are waiting for your family at the Children’s Museum of Richmond – where kids can climb, create, explore, & play their way to a lifetime of learning! 

⭐️ All during Spring Break, the grounds and gardens at Maymont will be open to the public for spring/summer hours from 10am-5pm. The Robins Nature Center is open Sat. & Sun. from 10am-5pm. The Farm & Wildlife Habitats are open daily from 10am-5pm  https://maymont.org/visit/

⭐️See more animals in the area: Richmond Area Farms Offer Families Opportunities to See, Learn about Animals

Gus Garrison gets to know goats at Maymont. Photo credit: Lindsay Garrison

Lambing season has officially begun at Colonial Williamsburg. This lamb is part of the Leicester Longwool sheep herd. These lambs are part of their Rare Breeds Program here in the Historic Area and represent some of the breeds of animals that would have existed in 18th-century America. 

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Work on your Easter Bunny jumping skills. Photo credit: Pump It Up/Facebook

⭐️ Volunteer opportunities for teens with Hands on Richmond and other sites

Henricus Historical Park

re-creates everyday 17th-century life in the second successful English settlement and in the Virginia Indian site of Arrohateck.

 

Surrounded by the 810 acre Dutch Gap Conservation Area, the living history museum offers exceptional Pre-K-12 and adult education programs, and both indoor and outdoor meeting and special event space.

 

Henricus Historical Park is a nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization that operates in partnership with the Henricus Foundation and the counties of Chesterfield and Henrico. http://www.henricus.org/

Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park

is a historic home and farm of the Sheppard family with farm animals, exhibits, and interactive demonstrations. 3400 Mountain Rd Glen Allen, VA 23060

Lambs enjoy alfalfa at Meadow Farm Museum at Crump Park. Photo credit: Meadow Farm/Facebook

🌲 Love nature? Visit Three Lakes Nature Center, 400 Sausiluta Drive Henrico, VA 23227 , FREE 

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